The effects of artificial lighting on adult aquatic and terrestrial insects

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 368-377

  Perkin, Elizabeth K ^a,b,c   Hölker, Franz ^a   Tockner, Klement ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Connectivity; Dispersal; High pressure sodium lamp; Light pollution; River

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84891632486     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12270     Document Type: Article

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